Six times more viewers saw Packers game than Brookfield shooting coverage

The crisp autumn air on Sunday made it a perfect day for football. And they didn't stop playing it despite a shooting at a Brookfield spa that left three victims dead, as well as the gunman. »Read Full Blog Post

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Can't say the same for 620 AM, as numerous times they overlapped the game coverage to repeat the same story over, and over, and over, and over again, trying to pass it off as "new information". Thank god I got drove close enough to Madison to eventually be able to change to a different station.

It was better to show the game than to keep reporting misinformation over and over again. Obviously it was active story, but telling us to look out for a Mazda with an armed driver was irresponsible, especially when the shooter was dead inside the entire time.

I agree. I feel for the victims and their families but half of the Packer game was lost due to recapping what transpired several hours prior to the game. Once all the facts became known, then the " local" media should have jumped on it.

Mr. Dudek, what is the point of this idiotic article? Trying to stir up an already hurting community? Fox 6 gave appropriate updates through the tragedy - personally, I thought FOX handled the situation like true professionals, and there was no need to change to different network to get updates.

Milwaukee has been through some trying times as of late, and the people of this city don't need to feel ashamed for watching the game while this tragic event unfolded. God forbid we should all try to retain some normalcy while our community deals with more than our fair share of tragedy.

No disrespect to the victims, but that's the way it should be. People are shot all the time in Milwaukee, and other major cities without a breaking news update. But this was in Brookfield. A shooting in a salon at 27th and MLK wouldn't have rated this coverage I'm guessing. And that we the public was told the shooter was on the loose and to look for a Mazda just put more people into unnecessary fear. It was bad enough watching the special forces run around like Brookfield turned into Baghdad. Live coverage with people speculating with no information just makes it worse.It was a tragedy for the people involved and their friends and family. There's no reason the entire viewing area had to share in it.

If you are going to pretend like you have some sort of concern about the inner city you could at least come up with a location that actually exists. 27th and MLK? Where do these parallel roads cross exactly?

There's a difference between covering a breaking story like this to make the public aware and showing 7 hours of Tom Murry standing in front of the shooters house talking about what grades dude had in third grade.

Isn't that a good thing? If people are watching the Packer game, that means they're not driving out to Brookfield to gawk and get in the way of emergency vehicles. Plus, Fox 6 did a good job of keeping us updated. In the time that would otherwise have been used to show us Aaron Rodgers trying to convince us Pizza Hut has good food, they were able to update us on new developments without being insensitive to those involved (hello CBS and its interview with a guy who just found out his son is a murderer).

Also, a good ol' tip of the hat to JSonline. When a suspected gunman was still considered at large, JSonline had a description of the man and his vehicle. You could help law enforcement track down and stop a threat to society - if you were a subscriber or under your 20 article limit. Now, the website's pay wall is pretty easy to get past, but not everyone has a minimal level of computer savviness and is able to do so.